An owner of property in Iron and Ashland counties that was the site of a contentious proposal to mine iron ore is trying to resurrect plans for the mine, an Iron County economic development official said.

Officials of La Pointe Iron Co., one of the owners of the property that Gogebic Taconite unsuccessfully sought to develop as a massive open pit mine, met with local representatives in Hurley on Wednesday to discuss reviving the plans.

Kelly Klein, director of development for the Iron County Development Zone, said he and others met with La Pointe representatives, who told them they are eager to find another developer for the site.

Scott Scherer and Melanie Hardrath were sentenced to 9 and 7 months respectively in the Milwaukee County House of Correction after pleading guilty to counts of child neglect and false imprisonment. In that facility, all offenders who aren't in segregated custody — meant for troublesome inmates — to watch the communal televisions in each of the House's 33 dormitories.

House superintendent Ronald K. Malone said by phone today that Scherer and Hardrath "more than likely would get a chance to see" the team they follow with apparently fanatic devotion on Sunday afternoons this fall.

Malone quickly added that there's little chance Scherer and Hardrath will confuse their House surroundings with the environs they enjoyed at the casino, though.

"You're locked up, and you're in with 60 people that you don't know in a prison setting, watching it on a cold steel chair looking up at a TV," Malone said. "It's not like a recreational place."

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